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May/23

12

Felix Flounders Again In Rome

The career of Felix Auger-Aliassime has hit a stretch of stagnation. The 22 year old ranked 10 in the world hasn’t been hot lately. He lost his first matches in Rome this week – to qualifier Alexei Popyrin 64 46 75 and in Madrid to world no. 40 Dusan Lajovic 67 in the third. Felix […] Continue to read full article...

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Apr/23

9

Biofile Lucas Pouille Interview

By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 454. Winner of five ATP singles titles. Best ranking was no. 10 in 2018. In 2017 he won three titles on three different surfaces – Budapest clay, Stuttgart grass and Vienna indoor hard court. Ht: 6-1 Wt: 179 DOB: February 23, 1994 In: Grand-Synthe, France First Tennis Memory: The […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/23

24

Felix Explains Why He Hired Uncle Toni

So far the union of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Uncle Toni Nadal has not yet produced a Grand Slam title. The duo are now in their third season together as a team. I will share these old archive quotes from Felix about why he originally decided to work with Nadal… “We’ve been working since December (2020). […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/23

22

Todd’s Takes: Miami Open Preview

By Todd Robinson So an obvious and easy way to preview the Miami Masters hardcourt event is to briefly recap what just transpired on the Indian Wells hardcourts, so we’ll start with a few of the bigger storylines to come out of the Southern California desert.1) The Amazing Alcaraz – I was watching his QF […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/23

13

Analysis: Rune Wawrinka Grudge Match Indian Wells

By Scoop Malinowski Last year in Paris Indoors Holger Rune beat Stan Wawrinka 7-3 in the third set tiebreaker and then at the net handshake lectured and humiliated the 18 years younger Dane about being an immature crybaby. The verbal insult by the very popular Wawrinka was highly unusual as he has earned a very […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/23

12

Tennis Booming In Indian Wells

By Scoop Malinowski You would think this year’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells might be a challenging year in terms of attendance with the absence of superstars Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Well, think again. Michael Onello reports on site: “My friend gave me tickets for Saturday and Sunday, the […] Continue to read full article...

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Jan/23

31

Jack Sock Has New Coach But Loses Again

Jack Sock opened his 2023 ATP season with a new coach but did not achieve the result he hoped for. Sock was defeated by American wildcard teenage Alex Michelsen 76 64 in the first round of Cleveland Challenger. Michelsen is 18 years old and ranked 526. Sock is 30 years old and currently ranked 138. […] Continue to read full article...

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Fans of men’s singles tennis have been spoiled over the past decade and a half with the likes of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray battling it out on the court and creating some epic tennis matches. Federer has hung up his racket, while Djokovic (35), Nadal (36), and the injury-plagued Murray […] Continue to read full article...

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Nov/22

30

What was Rafael Nadal’s Defining Moment?

By Scoop Malinowski New York Daily News columnist recently asserted the 2021 Australian Open final was the defining moment of Rafael Nadal’s illustrious career… “Nadal vs. Medvedev. Australian final. Match of the year. As much a defining moment of Rafa’s career as anything he ever did against Federer or Djokovic. Who Rafa is and what […] Continue to read full article...

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Nov/22

16

Tragic Nadal Says He’s “Gonna Die” Trying To Win

By Scoop Malinowski One of the most alarming and astounding quotes in the tennis world was said this week by Rafael Nadal regarding his ambition – or obsession – to once again compete at the highest level of performance that he possibly can. “I don’t know if I’m going to reach that level again. But […] Continue to read full article...

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